Saturday, July 3, 2021

Paiwan Every Day 483: abar / yasi

liyaw a talem ni kama a abar (yasi). 

Free translation: 
The coconut trees planted by father are a lot. (Father plants many coconut trees). 

Word gloss: 
  1. liyaw: many, a lot of
  2. a: LIG
  3. talem: plant, cultivate, UV. Also considered a root form; this is the first word I find that in root form, it is in undergoer voice or patient focus. 
  4. ni: of, GEN, used to bring the subject or actor of the UV verb. 
  5. a: subejct case marker
  6. abar or yasi: coconut trees. abar is in RF's dictionary (1982); however, in both CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary and The List of A Thousand Paiwan Vocabulary, yasi is recorded. It seems the word abar has fallen into disuse and been replaced by the loanword from Japanese やし. 
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From Raleigh Ferrel's Paiwan Dictionary (1982) and CIP Online Paiwan Dictionary yasi. 

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